Enroll soon! Deadline to enroll is Friday, September 13, 2013. Course Description Depending on whom you ask, Ameen Rihani may have been a writer with excellent knowledge of Middle Eastern geography, or he may have been a U.S. spy who happened to write books. Teju Cole, who has emerged as one of the most important …
The L&S Communications news team recently caught up with Katrina Thompson to chat about African languages, her advice for students and fun things she has done in Madison. Read more.
“Pressure free…informal, interdisciplinary get-togethers”–this is what the African Studies community on campus needed to address a lack of communication between campus Africanists, according to faculty and graduate students in the early 1970s. So to encourage collaboration, communication and perhaps to even inspire new scholarship, the African Studies Program invited one person to give a talk …
Global Health Service Partnership (GHSP), a public-private partnership between the Peace Corps and Seed Global Health, sends doctors and nurses abroad as medical educators. These medical educators work closely with in-country counterparts to help meet health system human resource needs. Global Health Service Partnership is accepting applications for the 2014 program. Deadline is November 1, …
The American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS) and the West African Research Association (WARA) announce the second annual Saharan Crossroads Fellowship Competition. U.S., North African and West African scholars interested in conducting research in North or West Africa concerning Saharan Crossroads are encouraged to apply for short-term fellowships (up to three months) for awards up …
This year is proving to be an auspicious one for Daniel Kunene, professor emeritus of African Languages and Literature at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. A few months after celebrating his 90th birthday surrounded by a hundred friends and family, Professor Kunene has three books that have just been released, Dawn to Twilight, self-published novel following …
From L&S News & Notes: This week, University of Wisconsin–Madison English professor Rob Nixon receives the 2013 biennial award for best book in environmental literary studies from the American Society for Literature and the Environment, for his 2011 book “Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor.” Read more.
Erin Johnson (x13) did not expect to produce a collection of watercolor portraits when she left campus to study abroad in Kenya. With majors in Art and Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies she explores the intersections between art and advocacy in Latin America and Africa. Majors: Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies, Art, and …
The Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) at Georgetown University is offering a full-tuition scholarship for a talented graduate student from sub-Saharan Africa. MSFS is a two-year, full-time graduate degree program in international affairs. Students will take courses in international relations, international trade, international finance, statistics and analytical tools and history. Students choose an …
Whether she is sketching colorful wax-print dress designs, crafting handmade trilingual cardboard books, or acting in a Zanzibari television show, Rebecca Mandich (x’13) brings a creative and energetic spirit to everything she does. Major: African Languages and Literature, Certificates in African Studies and Global Health Hometown: Green Bay, WI Photos What inspired you to study …